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My travel to Portland, the city of Roses, is going to start in a few hours. I have always loved being a globetrotter....visiting different places, trying different fun things, meeting a lot of new people...all of it. I am not much of a planner though. I have being to places and gone with the flow. This time, I wanted to do things a little differently. This time, I thought of making a to-do list of all the things I would like to do, see, eat, drink etc in Portland. Everytime I complete executing one task, I will tick it off. Lets see, by the time I am back in India, how many of these items can I get done with! Action items: Things to do: Try out some Voodoo Donuts Try out some S'more pudding Check out some alcohol free Portland nightlife (one of them surely is the Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade )  (Totally missed it) Things to see: Portland Art Museum Powell's City of Books Portland Audubon Benson Bubblers Forest Park International Rose Test...

I am a blogger...someone who likes to share her views and expressions with others by simply putting them in words. But whats a blogger without his (or her) followers and readers? (Well, here I am not talking about those bloggers who maintain private blogs). Followers, readers, criticisms, appreciations...thats what a blogger's world consists of.  Posting a blog only gives partial satisfaction. When my posts receive comments (positive or negative), thats where the other half of the satisfaction comes from.  After posting a blog, I have often received emails or facebook messages from readers, wanting to discuss more on the topic. Its probably then that I realized, how important it is, at times, to have a communication platform right on the blog, where the readers and critics could immediately start a conversation about something they like or dislike about the post. Adding the Scrollback widget to my blogpost was not out of any obligation or commitment towards my job. It w...